NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
317 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014

…WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY…

.A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES COMBINED WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING OFF THE COAST WILL BRING WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SNOW… BUT MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST.

PERSON-ALAMANCEORANGE-RANDOLPH-STANLY

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROXBORO…BURLINGTON…GRAHAM…
CHAPEL HILLCARRBORO…ASHEBORO…ARCHDALE…TRINITY…ALBEMARLE

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATION…FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA… ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO BURLINGTON TO ROXBORO.

* ACCUMULATION…ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.

* TIMING…THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING… WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 3 PM TUESDAY AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT…THIS HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THIS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF I-40 AND I-85.

* OTHER IMPACTS…RESIDUAL SNOWPACK AND ICE ON ROADS MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.